The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-19
PARIS IN THE SUMMER.
A CORRESPONDENT THINKS IT THEN
MOST DELIGHTFUL.
The Broad. Well Shaded. Clean streets,
and the Theatres That Never Ciose--A
Ride on the Seine Bosts-wedding
Partiss-The DE Lesseps Family.
Special Correspondence

Europe that have spent June, July and Au-
gust within the walls of this city; 50 ought
to know what am talking about.
Wen, IN the first place, Paris IL one OF the
coolest spots in all Europe in which to pas
the hot season. provided you live in the
/ high, open Are de Triomphe quarter. where
the streets are broad and well sprinkled
where the many shade trees purify the ain
and where there are no nuisances of any kind
Ny Thermometer has never been higher than
eighty-fye. and | have always slept with at
least a sheet and white spread over me A
spring oyercoat has often felt comfortable
after shutdown. and more than once my legs
have felt better for robe when ont driving
in the evening. 4 tun in the Bots after
O'Clock at night mas morn than once been
little too cool for perfect pleasure. and the
breeze on the Seine boats has occasionally
been Just cold enough to hint that a descent
10 the cabin below would be- prudent act.
Not 80 many years ago Parisians Of the
wealthy classes used 10 spend the summer in
their beloved city. And they showed their
good sense in ~ doing. for IL is only from
May 10 November that the Paris climate IL
agreeable. The rest of the year it j. cloudy,
!
But fashion has changed all this Many
people who are quite sensible in other things
would be ashamed 10 be caught in Pari, dur.
ing the summer months So they quit
airy and well furnished apartments and
crowd into stuffy and bare hotels in some SO
called fashionable watering place Let me
tell YOU some Of the things that they miss
| ! have already remarked that you do not
"suifer from the heat during a Paris SUM
mer But besides this negative pleasure YOU
also enjoy positive ones. To he sure, most II
the theatcrs are closed, at least during July
and August. But must say that, for one,
do not care for the play house during the
dog DAYS However, the famous Theatre
| Francois and the magnificent. new Opera
house do not. as a rule shut their doors all
the year round So, even in summer you
can see the best acting in the world and listen
to all the grand operas by staying right here
i'm Paris know professor of modern ian.
guages in one of our great American uniyer-
stiles who comes to this city almost every
summer 20 study on the stage at the Francois
the masterpieces Of Moliere. Racine and
Corneiiie, which he teaches in his classes dur
ing the winter months
II YOU enjoy light amusements there are
the outdoor concert gardens in the Champs
Elysees. the monster Hippodrome and the
Summer circus, all better than anything Of
the kind 10 be found in American cities Tho
magnificently managed Hippodrome has been
exhibiting all this season troop of Arabs
and 80 natural aud grandio~e is the spectacle
that the average traveller gets a more correct
idea OF desert life sitting in comfortable
seat al the Hippodrome than he would if he
were to spend a fortnight in journeying
through Algeria.
The swiftly flying boats on the Seine are
another delightful source of summer pleasure.
When no air is stirring, you have simply to
pay three or four sous and sit on the deck OF
a mouche-whch means fly, and you i'm.
mediately create breeze. Nor is this all
You are not only famed and kept cool, but
your eyes are RECALLED with an ever changing
panorama on the right hand and left as YOU
speed down the river, txaversing the whole
length of the city, passing beyond il into the
open country where the high stone quays
and walls give place to low green banks, OF
steep hills richly wooded and dotted with
picturesque hamlets and stately mansions.
never weary of this sail on the Seine. But it
is only on a warm summers day that it
affords unslloyed pleasure. The boats run
all winter. but after Oct a sane man never
takes them except forced 10 do 50. IL IS too
much like crossing the channel in November
or sitting on the deck Of an ocean steamer in
a fog.
Another agreeable summer resort at Paris
is the Garden of Acclimation, where good
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noon and where you can study very fair
Geological collection. But to me the most in
tercsting feature OF the garden is the people
whom YOU find there II is a fayOrite rende
vous for wedding parties Of the lower classes
and the white costume of the bride crowned
with a wreath Of artificial orange blossoms,
contrasts very strongly with the black attire
of her new lord and Of the guests and rela-
tives II is delightful to see how these simple
people enjoy themselves. The bride will some
times take a ride on the big elephant, while
the groom follows at her side on a little don
key, and the rest of the party follow on foot
convulsed with laughter And sometimes you
will meet the same old elephant bearing the
whole de Lesseps family on his broad back
These interesting boys and girls seem To en-
newly welded Parisians. | scarcely ever wan
der through the pleasant spot without en-
connterng either these children or these
Darbys aud Joans, and often both.
And still another charming characteristic
of summer Paris remains 10 be mentioned.
refer 10 the influx OF Americans. \ friend
of mine once said 10 me: IF you stand long
enough at the corner of the Grand Boulevard
and the Chaussee d'Antin YOU will meet
everybody YOU ever knew in the United
States This statement would be found "a
be about true il you were to post yourself at
the point indicated from July to August. IL
| were To attempt 10 give your readers list
of famous Americans who have come To thi-
city during the past three months il would
fill at least two on three Of your columns
One more reason for prefeiring summer IN
Paris 10 any other season, and | have done
although my theme v by no means exhaust.
ed The trades people are then not over
worked. 80 that il il the moment to call Oh
your tailor shirt maker and boot maker
while the ladies are sure to secure the per
sonal attention OF Worth himself. The shops
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